Stencil-card drawer or container for use with addressing machines



' Se t-"1, 1925. 1 1,552,195

7 L. M. BARMAN STENCIL CARD DRAWER OR CONTAINER FOR USE' WITH ADDRESSING MACHINES Filed June 9. 23 y Patented Sept. 1 1925.

* UNITED stuns tours MAURICE BARMAN, or Lennon, ENGLAND.

STENCIL-CARD DRAWER. on CONTAINER ronusnwrrrr ADDRESSING MACHINES.

- Application filed June 9, 1923. Serial .No. 644,512.

To all whom it may 00mm.-

.Be it knownthat I, LOUIS MAURICE BAR- MAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Roneo. Building, 5 Holborn,

London, E. C, 1, England, Great Britain, have invented new and useful Improvements in and connected with Stencil-Card Drawers or Containers for Use with Addressing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve-' has been made for locking thev stencil cards into the drawer previous to transferring the saidcards to the hopper or magazine, with the result thatthere is the risk in carrying a drawer, complete with its. stencil cards,

from a cabinetto the addressing machine, and subsequently transferring the cards to the. hopper or. magazin that the proper sequence of the cards may be disturbed through careless manipulation.

Moreover, a drawer with its stencil cards is of considerable weight, and unless some provision is made for preventing accidental displacement of the cards it is possible that the operator may be put to considerable loss of tim in the event of the container being dropped.

Now, the object of the present invention is to so construct the drawer or container that the stencil cards are retained and locked therein against movement upto and during the initial stage of transfer to'the hopper or magazine.

A further object of the invention consists in the utilization of the means for retaining the stencil cards against movement as a reversible side wall of the drawer.

According to the invention, the drawer or container for the stencil cards is constructed from metal, or other suitable material and is formed with a fixed base, one side wall and two ends, the top as well as one side being normally open, unless one or the other is partially closed by the locking device.

7 To the front and rearof the draweris attached or formed therefrom a pair of lugs extending outwardly and upwardly from the drawer. Supported. between the lugs as by means of a hinge'or the like is a'flap pro- PATENT vided with a. bead or curved edge at its I extremity, the said flap with its bead extending the entire length of the drawer.

To the other. end of the hinge is applied a flat spring,the end of which is provided with a pin adapted to register in'holes or per-v forations made in the front'ofthe drawer so as to control the position of the fiap.

. The invention will, now be described with reference to the, accompanying drawings,

whereon Fig.. 1 a plan view of a: drawer or container adapted for use with addressing machines. 7

Fig. 2 is a crosssectional vi'ew' looking towards the rear ofthe drawer.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the draweriwith:

the locking devicein position. v .Fig. 4 is a side view showing device drawer.

the looking as forming a partial side of ythe Fig. 5 is a front view showingthe locking device 'moved into a posit onwhereby. one.

side is co-mpletelyopen. q F g. 6 1s a rear-'vlew of 'thejdrawer, or conta1ner.

As 'will be seen from the drawings drawer or container consists of a base a, one

sidewall b,the front 'c an-d the-back d, the

top or one side being partially, closed, at will, by means of the locking device To the front wall 0 and the rear wall 03 is attached or formed therefrom a pair of lugs e 6 extending outwardly and upwardly from the drawer. Supported between thelugsas by means of a hinge or the like is a, flap 7 provided with a bead orcurved edge 7 at its extremity the said flap, with its bead extending the entire length of the drawer. As shown on the drawings, Figs 1, 4 or 6 th flap f may be provided with a lug h carrying a pin 71 to which is secured one end of a spring 7' the other end of the saidspring being attached to a stud 70 secured to the back of the drawer.

As shown on the drawings, Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5, a short lever Z is secured to the hinge or pin g, the free end of the said lever being bored out to receive a spring pressed pin m carried in a thumb nut "11, the end of the pin m engaging one or other of two holes or perforations a (Fig. 3) formed in the front 0 of thefldrawer. V

As will be seen from the drawings'when the flap f is brought by means of the thumb nut 02, to the position shown in F-ig: 2 thebead f enters notches p formed in the edges of the stencil cards q in; the manner sh'ownin' iir'g movement, the pin m engages the second hele'or erroation 0' (Fig. 3) and in this position the bead f 'is clearvofthe notches 15 'cut out of the stencils Q When it is desired to' use the} stencil cards with an addressing: machine, drawer is removed with the locked stencils fromthe cabinet and is brought to" the machine. At

tage, the head" or" curved edge f is removed fromits" looking position by bringing v the pin m to the second hole or perforation 0,

and the stencil cardsare" then free to be removed.

It is tobe understood that varying methods of transferring the stencil cards 9 from the drawer t0 the" hopper or magazine of ,the'

addressingmachine'ma'ybe neees'sar y having regard to the particular type" of hopper'u'sed.

For example; in the case of a hopper comrising two sides or walls, each wall being fixedto the base, plate of the machine, batches of stencil cards removed by hand and stacked in the hopper,- and the drawer or container may, besupported frointhe end ofthe machine in such a manner that 7. each card, after use, will fall back into thefd rawer in the order-of removaltherefrom.

When the drawer'or cenmi'ner i at the' end of the machine on aimoving platform the pin m is removed from the nonlo ck ing perforation 01%;11016' 0 and the flap 7 ism-med over'bythe thumb nut at until the backlsurfaceof the flap' if rests upon thetopof um drawer, as'see Fig. 5. The drawer is then mounted upon the moving support in s'ueh' a manner that thelopen" side becomes the recelving side for the used stencils, and the top of the drawer' or container, isclos'ed the new; i a 1 V ssupport eol' the cards remain securely locked in pos ithe hopperiormagazine;

The locking device with its operating features may be varied to'suitspecial conditions wvithotit departing froiii the spirit of the invention.

' In some cases", as for example when drawers of large size are employed, the lugs 6 may be dispensed with and the hinge or pivot 9 may be supported-between the front 0 and the backcl of the drawer. p

Having thus described invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patentdof' the United States is as follows 7 1. In drawers" for stencil ca'rds' for use with addressing machines, the" combintioni withstenc'il cards having grooves formed therein; of a container, a member pivotally connected to said container and'h'aving wires" curved edge, and means for moving said= member about its ivot so that said curved edge will enter the grooves formed in the stencil cards within the container;

2'. rawers for stencil" cards for usewith addressing machines including a container having an open side and perforations in the. front thereof, lugs projecting y from said oontainer, a pin carried in said lugs, va lock; ing member supported in said"pi1'1 and capable of partially closing said open side, and a locking pin engageable in said perforations. p I

3. 111 drawers for stencil cards for, use with addressing machines, the combination with stencil". cards having groo ves formed therein, of a container for said cards, and a locking device carried by said container and capable of engagement in the grooves in said cards for retaining the latter in the container, r

In testimony whereof I liavewsigned my name to this specification.

LOUIS'MAURICEBARMANO t ion u'ntilit is required a) transfer them to 

